Monthly Archives: August 2016

Out there in the dark, Gravitron spins encased in a half octagonal frame. Inside, the centrifugal force of the machine presses the human subject up against a wall. I thought my heart was going to explode.

You won’t believe your eyes –the world’s tiniest Jewish philosopher

Like the relation between the wave and the ocean, the swimmer is a discrete entity only in the moment. The swimmer swims into the butter out of which the swimmer is made. The same is true for the players. They leap … Continue reading →

At the New York State Fair, Genesis is reflected in the dark by light, fire, magnetic gravitational pull of forces.

In its messianic mode, a la Franz Rosenzweig, Jewish philosophy invests a lot of energy into thinking the shape of dark stars and “the future.” Compare in contrast the space and alien themed rides at the New York State Fair. Here come … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Schlemiel Theory:
In his introductory essay to Walter Benjamin’s Berlin Childhood around 1900 entitled “Hope in the Past,” Peter Szondi argues that, in his belief that the past held the secret of the future, Benjamin became a…

It’s that time again, the start of the New York State Fair. Last year they tore down the grandstand and expanded the grounds. Here are the new gates. It’s my consistent experience that there is nothing more thrilling than the … Continue reading →